Pleo Escapes Fossil Status

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Like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, The Pleo robotic camosaur has reemerged, though without the help of dino-DNA. In a lengthy interview on Robotsrule, Ugobe founder and now COO of Innvo Labs Derek Dotson said Pleo is for sale again at Innvo’s web site. What’s more surprising is that Innvo’s Pleo is not simply an inventory clear-out item. Dotson told Robotsrule that there are actually a number of improvements, including better paint, more durable skin, biodegradable packaging and better battery chargers. Innvo is also planning on improving future Pleos, making better use of its camera and opening up a processing bottleneck so the robot companion can do more with its existing sensors.
One thing that hasn’t change, yet, is the pricing. The adorable bot is still $349. Innvo will want to get to work on lowering that price if they don’t want to Pleo to fade into extinction.